Indian River Winterfest coming Jan. 12-13

Tuesday

INDIAN RIVER- The annual Winterfest celebration in Indian River kicks off Friday, Jan. 12 at Marina Park, behind the Indian River Chamber of Commerce on the North Central State Trailhead.

The event is easily accessible by both snowmobiles from the trails and by vehicle. It gives people a chance to come out and enjoy a fun-filled weekend with their family, with many events scheduled for the two days.

The vintage sled registration starts at 9 a.m. and runs through 11 a.m. Registration for the poker run starts at the same time and runs through 4 p.m.

At 9 a.m., the entertainment tent will open. This is where people can join the chamber for early registration for all of Saturday's events. Tickets will also be on sale from the Chamber's Z120 snowmobile giveaway.

Northern Trax and Wilson's Rivers Edge will also be at the tent to offer food to satisfy event goers, while the bar will be in full swing.

Door prizes will be auctioned off all evening, giving everyone the chance to win prizes such as area gift cards, Indian River memorabilia and prizes from the different event sponsors.

At noon on Friday, there will be a vintage sled ride, and Woody's Traction, Spanky's Sports Center, Yamaha, Monster Energy, Indian River Sports Center and Sno-X Plows will all have displays at Marina Park.

The Sno-X race drivers registration will take place from 5-11 p.m. and at 8 p.m., Yankee Station will be playing in the entertainment tent.

Bonfires and corn hole games will be going on all day.

On Saturday, Jan. 13, the day's events will be kicked off by breakfast at the tent at Marina Park, sponsored by the Indian River Masonic Lodge.

Snow-X races will be taking place behind Indian River Sports Center from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., with an open bar; bloody mary's, food and raffle tickets available for purchase.

Back at Marina Park, there will be registration for the vintage snowmobile show from 9-11 a.m., as well as registration for the poker run from 9-4 p.m. At that time, the sleds will be able to go out and ride all day to the different stops on the map.

The heated entertainment tent will open at 9 a.m. with a bloody mary bar and music. The registering for the family fishing contest also takes place at 9 a.m. through 2 p.m.

A cross country ski-trot registration will also take place at 9 a.m. at the cross country ski parking lot on Wildwood Road. This race will take place from 9-3:30 p.m.

Food will be available for purchase at the tent at Marina Park from 11-10 p.m. from Wilson's Rivers Edge and Northern Trax.

Many kids events will be taking place in Marina Park on Saturday as well, including an ice slide, fish cast and reel game sponsored by South Side Auto, a filter toss game sponsored by Indian River Carquest, a kids' obstacle course sponsored by Bear Barbell and Z120 Snowmobile rides sponsored by Indian River Sportscenter.

Free hot chocolate will also be provided by Indian River Physical Therapy and cookies by Christopher's Restaurant.

The vintage sled show will take place at noon and go through 4 p.m. The family fish contest will begin measuring catches at 2 p.m., and the winners of that competition will be announced with prizes given out at 3:30 p.m. Medals for the cross country ski participation will be awarded at 4:30 p.m. and vintage sled awards will be given away at 5:30 p.m.

The winners of the Sno-X races will be given their awards at 6:30, and the poker run winners will be announced at 7:30 p.m. Remedee Band will begin playing at 8 p.m.

The drawing for the raffle will be done at 10 p.m., with top prize being a 2018 Artic Cat snowmobile. Bonfires will also be going on all day.

For more information on the event, visit the Indian River Chamber of Commerce's website, www.irchamber.com, or call 231 238-9325.

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